Bale-band-splicing machine



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BALE BAND SPLIGING MACHINE. No; 309,375.

Patented Dec. 16; 1884.

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BALE BANDSPLIGING 1\[[A0HI]. II- No 309,375. Patented Dec. 16. 1884.

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FlEDERlOK BOMIYIARIUS, OF lllGlV ORLEi SS, LOUISIANA.

N to BALE SPECIFICATIOI E forming part pf Letters Patent ANEE=SPLECENG MACHENE.

1-ie,309,375, dated December 16, 188%.

Application tiled January 10. N54. (No llfOllil.)

To all], ml mm, it" may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BonusnIUs, of New Orleans, in the parish of Urlcans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Splicing BaleBands, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object the con struction of a machine for expeditiously and ciiiciently splicing metallic bands us d in baling cotton and other materials. which are of sectional construction, and may be made of or from scrap or surplus lengths of other balingbands after the bales they are used on have been reduced by compression. The splicingtie for thus utilizing baling-band scrap or waste which the machine is designed to pro duce consists of two out and bent slit loops in the faces of the lapping ends of the band'sections arranged to enter one within the other, and which are afterward secured by a transverse key passed within the engaging loops. It also consists in lockinglips produced by cutting and indenting the lapping cud portions of the hand-sections from their one face side, as fully described in another application for Letters Patent for an improved bandtic splice made by me simultaneously with this.

The invention consists of combinations and arrangements of parts, substantially as herein after fully set forth and claimed.

'leference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a machine in part embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side View in. part upon a larger scale and in partial section, showing the 0011- struction and arrangement of the several punches on one side of the machine and means for operating them; also, a die in connection with which the split-loop-forniing punch and the lip-forming punch operate, and a clearer for lifting the work out of the die. .Fi g. 3 is a partly sectional and broken side View of the press; Fig. 4, a horizontal section in part thereof upon a larger scale, mainly on the line a: w in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top View of one of the dies, and Fig. (i a transverse section there .structi on.

of. Fig. 7 is a diagram in illustration of the action of the punches or certain of them upon the band-sections to be spliced.

A is the bed of the press or machine, and B its frame, which may be of any suitable con- In using the machine for splicing scctionallyconstructed cotton-bale bands the same power which is used to work the cottonbaling press may, by suitable connections, be applied to operate the bandsplicing machine.

This 1nachine,which occupies but little room and requires only a boy or unskilledworkman to control it and pass the work to, through, and from it, is, as here shown, of double construction, so as to do duplicate work on opposite sides of it.

Power is or may be applied to the machine by a pulley, 0, upon the shaft 1) of which are pinions c c, that give motion to spur-gears (1 cl upon independent shafts c c, that operate the punches on opposite sides of the machine. lthe pinions c c are loose upon their shafts, and are respectively put into or out of conncction therewith by sliding feathered clutches ff, actuated by handles or lovers 1 g,whereby the machine may either be operated as a single or double one, as required; and in case of accident or necessary repair on. one side of the machine the punches on said side may be thrown out of gear without interfering with or stopping the punches on the other side of the machine.

Upon the outer end of each independent shaft 0 is formed an eccentric, D, which serves as the shaft revolves to give up and down motion to a slide, E, arranged to work upon or against a fixed guide, F, Fig. l, forming a portion of the frame, and fitted with gibs h It, to provide for wear. Said slide is made with an aperture, 2', for the eccentric D to work in, and is fitted with upper and lower steel plates, 7t; 7;, for the eccentric to act against in raising and lowering the slide; and it, fur thermore, is iittcdin its face with adjustable punches G H and a compressor, I, inclosed by covering-plates Z. These punches, in connection with a lower die, J, seated in a block, 8, on the bed of the machine, serve to give the necessary form to the splicing-tie, as follows: The lapping ends of the band-sections to be united are fed upon or placed over the die un der a suitable side guide, m, and the punches G H are simultaneously brought down by one and the same eccentric or means upon the lapped band-sections to simultaneously cut and bend and cause to engage with one another the slit-loopsn n in said sections, and to cut and indent the locking-lips 0 0 thereon, the punch G producing the slit-loops and the punch H the locking-lips. (See Fig. 7.) This operation is continued throughout the entire series of splices to be made in the band. Of course, it will be understood that punch G is a bar rectangular in cross-section the side edges of whose lower beveled surfaces will begin to cut or slit the metal the instant the point of said punch begins to bend the latter, and coincidently with said point, and as the point continues to descend said edges will continue to cut or slit the metal simultaneousy with and until the bending operation is completed. Each die J is or may be fitted with an automatic clearer, K, attached to a weighted lever, L, that yields to the action of the punch G, but that serves,when said punch is raised, to elevate the clearer and lift the slit-looped portion of the band-sections out of the die should it have any tendency to stick there. After the several band-sections have been thus united a transverse key is inserted Within or through each split-looped portion on its under side to secure the engagement of the loops, and the sectionally constructed splicer-band is presented on its looped side or surface to the action of the compressor I, which, coming down, closes or presses the loops down on the keys.

If desired, bya slight change of the punches and dies on the one side of the press the machine may be used for making the buckles which are ordinarily used for locking the bands on the bales.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the bed-die and the reciprocating slide, of the double-beveled punch with its side edges cutting parallel slits or slots, and its point bending or indenting the metal intermediately of said slots or slits, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the bed-die and the reciprocating slide, of the double-beveled punch,with its side edges cutting parallel slits or slots and its point bending or indenting the metal intermediately of said slits or slots, and a single-beveled punch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the bed-die and the reciprocating punch, of the automatic clearing device, comprising a weighted lever provided with a pivoted arm with its upper end entering the die-bed opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The punch having the doublebeveled point with side cutting-edges disposed to cut in planes at right angles to the bending action of said pointyin combination with the reciprocating slide, the punch'having a single-bevveled point, and the compressor, together with a die-block, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FREDERICK BOMMARIUS.

Witnesses:

J. XV. RAABE, M. HERNANDEZ. 

